ISBN: 1553663004

Description: iv, 172 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 2 audio discs (4 3/4 in.)

Notes:

• Sound discs contain original broadcasts from the events as they happened.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• LSC 4500

Contents:

• disc 1. Canada enters the war on Germany
• Canada declares war on Japan
• The raid on Dieppe
• D-Day, the invasion of Normandy
• VE Day, war in Europe ends
• Newfoundland joins Canada
• Marilyn Bell swims across Lake Ontario
• The "Richard Riot"
• Lester Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
• Springhill Mine disaster
• Ottawa cancels the Avro Arrow
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• JFK assassinated
• Canada's new flag flies
• Expo, the World's Fair begins in Montreal
• Man walks on the moon
• The October Crisis
• Canada wins the Summit Series against the Soviets
• Parti Quebecois wins the election in Quebec
• Canadian caper, helping hostages in Iran.

Control Number: 188641

Subjects:

• Broadcast journalism -- Canada -- History.
• Broadcast journalism -- Canada.
• Canada -- Histoire -- 1945- -- Miscellanées.
• Canada -- History -- 1945- -- Miscellanea.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• Histoire moderne et contemporaine -- 1945- -- Miscellanées.
• History, Modern -- 1945-1989 -- Miscellanea.
• History, Modern -- 20th century -- Miscellanea.
• Presse audiovisuelle -- Canada -- Histoire.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Miscellanea.

Genre: Trivia and miscellanea.

Other Authors: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.